Juvenile Delinquency

TEL AVIV, Israel Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised "zero tolerance" toward hate crimes as a Jewish teen died Sunday of wounds sustained in a stabbing at Jerusalem's gay parade. Doctors at Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Karem hospital worked for three days to save the life of 16-year-old Shira Banki, but in vain. "Shira was murdered because she courageously supported the idea that everyone is entitled to live their lives in dignity and safety," Netanyahu said in a message of condolence. "We are determined to fight aggressively against the phenomena of hatred, fanaticism and terrorism by any side," he earlier told his Cabinet in Jerusalem....

A newborn baby girl who was found alive in a dumpster in western Kentucky remained in a hospital Friday, and a teenager was charged with attempted murder, a law enforcement officer said. The McCracken County sheriff's office said the baby was in stable...

The U.S. Department of Justice released a report critical of the St. Louis County Family Court on Friday, finding that black youths are treated more harshly than whites, and juveniles are often deprived of constitutional rights. Though unrelated to the...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. The St. Louis County Family Court deprives juveniles of constitutional rights, is rife with conflicts of interest and treats black youths more harshly than whites, according to accusations made public Friday by the Department of...

A teenage boy accused of raping and killing an 8-year-old neighbor appeared in court briefly Thursday as flags around this small California town flew at half-staff in honor of the girl. Adrian Jerry Gonzalez, his hands shackled in front of him, did not...

HARTFORD — A Department of Correction officer is facing possession of child pornography and other charges after a co-worker discovered more than 700 images of child pornography on a tablet that he let the officer borrow while he stayed at his apartment,...

A troubling portrait is beginning to emerge of the 15-year-old boy charged as an adult with murder in the death of 8-year-old Madyson “Maddy” Middleton in Santa Cruz.
Appearing before a Santa Cruz judge for the first time since his arrest earlier in...

Prosecutors charged a 15-year-old boy with murder, kidnapping and rape Wednesday in the death of an 8-year-old girl in an artists complex in a California beach town. Police say Adrian Jerry Gonzalez lured Madyson Middleton into his family's apartment from...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. When they first got word he was a murder suspect, those who watched 15-year-old Adrian Jerry "A.J." Gonzalez grow up before their eyes at the Tannery Arts Center held out hope. It must have been a mistake, or at worst an...

Prosecutors charged a 15-year-old boy with murder, kidnapping and rape Wednesday in the death of an 8-year-old girl in an artists complex in a California beach town.
Police say Adrian Jerry Gonzalez lured Madyson Middleton into his family's apartment...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. When 8-year-old Madyson "Maddy" Middleton vanished Sunday evening, some residents of the Tannery Arts Center thought with dread about the addicts and transients living along a nearby stretch of the San Lorenzo River known as...

An Oklahoma city reversed course Tuesday and said it would release a recording of the 911 call made from a Broken Arrow home where a couple and three of their children were stabbed to death last week. Broken Arrow City Attorney Beth Anne Wilkening said in...

A federal judge has ruled that hundreds of immigrant women and children held in holding facilities should be released, finding their detention “deplorable” and in grave violation of an earlier court settlement.
U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee said...

FORT WORTH, Texas An 11-year-old boy accused of beating a dog to death with a stick in a north Fort Worth neighborhood was found guilty Thursday of animal cruelty. Associate Judge James Teel found the boy guilty of delinquent conduct/animal...

A Utah teenager accused of luring a 12-year-old neighbor girl from her home and strangling her made his first court appearance Wednesday, answering softly and nodding as a judge explained the charge against him. The 15-year-old charged with aggravated...

Can a police officer order you out of your car during a routine traffic stop as a Texas trooper did to Sandra Bland? And what about ordering you to put out a cigarette while you are still in your car?
Yes, an officer can order you out of your car, police...

A teenage boy lured a 12-year-old neighbor girl out of her Utah home by asking for help looking for his lost cat, then strangled her and left her body in a field with a shirt around her neck, prosecutors said.
The 15-year-old boy tried to entice...

MILFORD - A 37-year old New Haven man is facing risk of injury to a minor and third-degree assault charges after police say he assaulted a juvenile at a youth center for at-risk children where he worked.
Police arrested Aaron Virgo, 37, of New Haven on...